By Adam Pagnucco. As the county council is poised to decide on funding for the county’s collective bargaining agreements, the county government’s largest union is pushing back. (I explained the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council President Natali Fani-González has proposed reducing collectively bargained compensation increases as part of a plan to avoid the tax hikes recommended by County Executive Marc Elrich. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council President Natali Fani-González made major news last week when she proposed a plan to avoid County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended property and income tax increases. One…
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By Adam Pagnucco. According to county council staff, compensation for Montgomery County employees has been increasing at more than double the rate of growth of county revenues over the last…
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MCGEO Targets Schools in Questionnaire
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The Municipal and County Government Employees Organization (MCGEO), which represents most county employees other than police officers, fire fighters and school workers, has included the following six questions in its…
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Consequences of the Budget, Part Three
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The school system was not the only powerful institution that was challenged by the budget. Also in the crosshairs were the public employee unions.Labor When analyzing the unions, it’s important…
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The Post Owes the County Council an Apology
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Do you still read the Washington Post’s coverage of Montgomery County? If you do, you know its editorials routinely portray MoCo politicians as tools of the public employee unions, especially…
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In a letter to the County Council last week, MCGEO President Gino Renne sharply criticized County Executive Ike Leggett for failing to abide by language he negotiated with the union…
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MCGEO Lays Siege to Rockville
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They came from every corner of the county, from every race, age and ethnicity of humankind, united only by their shirts of radioactive yellow. That is the war color of…
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Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689, which represents WMATA employees, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to enforce an arbitrator’s decision granting pay increases to its members. WMATA is crying…
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